[ 21 Jan 17 ] Sheff Utd v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

- In 27 meetings both the Gills and Sheff Utd have won 10 games each. The Gills have only lost 1 of the last 8 trips to Bramall Lane winning 2 of them.
- The Gills have gone 8 games in a row without managing to score in the first half of the match. 22 of their 32 scored came in the second halves.
- Sheffield Utd's 4-1 defeat on Saturday ended a run of 6 straight wins in the league. It was also their second league loss in 23 (a period that saw 17 wins) and their 4th in 28 in all competitions (3 at the hands of Walsall).
- Utd's defeat by Walsall on Saturday ended a spell of 11 unbeaten away. They have won 10 out 11 in the league at home, the other match also a Walsall defeat.
- Sheff Utd have scored 20 goals and conceded just 4 in their last 11 home league games after scoring 1 and conceding 4 from their opening 2.
- Sheffield Utd have scored a whopping 34 second half goals, more than 12 other League 1 sides (including the Gills) have scored in total.
- 7 of the 8 home goals conceded by Sheff Utd have come before the 51st minute. The final 40 minutes of their 13 home games saw just 1 goal conceded but 15 scored.
- Sheffield Utd have conceded 8 goals at home and kept 7 clean sheets, both figures the lowest in League 1 before kick off.

3.01 Kick-Off [ 4 - 4 - 1 - 1 ]

3.31
GOAL! Sheffield Utd 1-0 Gillingham: Sharpe
Utd are unbeaten in the 16 games they scored first in. They won 13 of them and all 9 in the home games.

3.44
Nelson pulls off two good saves in two minutes from League 1 top scorer Sharpe to deny him his 19th of the season.

3.47 Half-time 1-0 (47:00)

4.04
The second half kicks off.

4.10
GOAL! Sheffield Utd 1-1 Gillingham: Wright

4.11
Sheffield Utd have a goal ruled out for offside.

4.16
GOAL! Sheffield Utd 1-2 Gillingham: Wright

4.19
Sheffield Utd have another goal ruled out for offside.

4.20
GOAL! Sheffield Utd 2-2 Gillingham: Freeman

4.51
Dack volleys from 20 yards and missing by a whisker!

4.54 FULL-TIME 2-2 (97:21)

Position: 17th
Attendance: 20,649 (307)
Referee: Ben Toner

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

A very tough away game against one of the best sides in the division.They lost heavily at Walsall last week,but will want to take it out on us this Saturday.We will need a massive performance if we are to leave with anything.Hopefully we will have a face in or two for the game.We don`t want a performance like last week at Oldham.

[gillsfan1066]

I have a very bad feeling about this game , think I can see Sheffield scoring early and scoring several times more before the game is over. I hope I am wrong but I can see a three or four goal difference between us and them by the 90 minute mark.

[Garawa]

All sides pushing for automatic promotion have a wobble about now. Let's hope we are catching them on theirs!

Don't we always lose the "easy" games but win the hard ones?

[baronnight]

Everything you know, read, hear, suggests this will be a big defeat, so it should end up a simple victory.

My face at 17.00 on Saturday.

[gillsfan1066]

Peterborough could play a big part in where we are in the table come five o'clock next Saturday ,they play Swindon today and MK Dons next weekend,come on you Posh two nice wins in a row will give us a chance of at least not dropping into the basement ,then picking up three points against the Shrews next weekend seems a 100% MUST.
I think we will need a lot of help from Saint Rita, Saint Jude, Saint Philomena and Saint Gregory,the four Saints of lost causes ,going to Sheffield today ,to play a 10 win 2 loss team at home,who are going to be hot after last weeks thumping............. GULP.
I hate to do it but I think this looks like a little wager on the Gills going down by at least 2 or 3 , the goal line here is Sheffield 2.5 -179, I guess in that case I should put a few bucks on a Gillingham win or draw, a Gills win pays $ 636 and a draw pays $164, GO GILLS,baby needs new shoes,and Mr L needs the gas money to get back from Khmelnytskyi.

[gillsfan1066]

What a Lovel Day for Pennock and the Gills players, a good point and more importantly a confidence booster for the team , even though we seemed to be out played for 88 of the 90 minutes,lol. GO GILLS.

[lidbid46]

That's more like it!

[CadburyMan]

A poor first half where we went behind deservedly. Not sure what was in the half time tea but we were a different proposition. Both sides had more chances than they took and we could have burgled all three points at the death.

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

Just the luck we needed! It sounded like we got battered at times,but Nelson has earned us a massive point with some great saves.The response to going in at H/T 1-0 down and battered was really good.Wright has responded well to losing the Captaincy with two quick goals in the second half.He could have sulked,but he stepped up yesterday with two good finishes.They had two goals ruled out and did eventually equalise,but we held on for a massive point.I think we all wrote this off,so to get a point feels like a win.We need to build on the performance and point in the two home games next week.Two wins would certainly move us away from near the bottom.

[gillsfan1066]

ESPN says the Wombles game has been postponed, due to a clash of ties , is it now on ??

[Rimshot]

I'm sure we all expected to be outplayed but it's having the resolve not to give up that matters . Fair play to the boys for a good result.

[Garawa]

ESPN says the Wombles game has been postponed, due to a clash of ties , is it now on ??

That surely was last Tuesday's re-arranged date because that was cancelled due to their FA Cup replay.

Good to see Nelson with currently 4 votes for Man of the Match even though Wright got a brace. Gets a lot of stick sometimes but is a very good shot stopper and his odd mistake makes him the level he is. People only remember the mistakes as they often lead to goals but don't often get to see the shots he saves in the brief TV highlights we get that keep our points. He responds best to stiff competition, will be hard to drop him for Holy when his international clearance comes through.